That’s not what she said: Greg Daniels clarifies The Office reboot rumors
The co-creator of The Office says reports were "speculative"
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Like Michael Scott, the imperfect world of online entertainment media is very excitable. Take The A.V. Club, for example. A few weeks ago, a talented, some might even say genius, writer for this very publication reported on gears turning in The Office-verse. Though Daniels has discussed possible reboots in the past, he’s now saying those Puck reports were “speculative,” so it sounds like we won’t be returning to The Office after all.
Speaking to Collider, Daniels shot down the rumors he started as confirmation that there’s still interest in the series
“Well, I think that it’s very speculative,” he said. “The fact that it kind of blew up based on one line in a Puck piece was kind of cool, I guess, in the sense that the fans still care a lot. But the thing I would say is, when there’s something to announce, I will definitely announce it.”
Office reboots are an evergreen topic online as the show grew in popularity after its run ended. To Daniels’ point, Puck’s reporting was probably valuable to NBC, allowing them to gauge interest in the project. Considering how much of the entertainment business is mining the past for future profits, we’re technically always between Office reboots. As NBC content chief Susan Rovner said in 2021, the company is “standing by” until “Greg Daniels wants to do one.”
With that, we’ll have to wait until the next time someone from NBC or the previous Office incarnation says anything about the show to speculate on another reboot. In the meantime, we can check out one of the other 11 versions of this show throughout the world. Or, we could aspire to a new workplace comedy, maybe one based around the mundane lives of white-collar workers in the sexy industry of toner sales.
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Or, we could aspire to a new workplace comedy, maybe one based around
the mundane lives of white-collar workers in the sexy industry of toner
sales.
Ya know, get the right people doing the script and you can make it happen!
“A few weeks ago, a talented, some might even say genius, writer for this very publication”Hopefully you got that Marilyn Manson surgery.
We have the actual post The Office show, Abbott Elementary. Quinta has quite a few of the former Office producers, directors and writers working on Abbott. Principal Ava even mentioned buying a jet ski for Lake Wallenpaupack, site of the infamous Booze Cruise.
That show is so much like The Office it kind of takes me out of it, to be honest. It has the same exact types of characters and even the will-they-won’t-they romance thing going on. It’s a decent show, but I feel like it could be better if it was allowed to be its own thing and not an Office clone.
Abbott is the only “sitcom” on our radar anymore. We also enjoyed Home Economics, but it was lukewarm at best. I think those two are the only network shows we’ve watched in the last couple of years. Hell, we’ve leaned into a full binge rewatch of Friends recently
I hear ya. I watch Abbott next day on Hulu (it’s on Max, too for some reason which I won’t question as no commercials). I love Quinta making such a great show to honor teachers. Sheryl Lee Ralph and Lisa Ann Walters are the best. The bit about Barbara mixing up Black and white celebrities is priceless, and then finding out Sheryl does that IRL.
Lol what a terrible idea a reboot of this is… like, it gained popularity after its run… that right there. Just going off what happened historically, this wouldn’t even be popular until after it ends its run. That’s silly but so is thinking a reboot of The Office would be profitable.